by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 30, '15

One of the new events for the 2015 World Series of Poker was the $1,500 buy-in 50/50 no-limit hold’em tournament. The event featured a unique format where half of the field finished in the money, collecting a minimum of $1,000. It wasn’t until the final 10 percent of the field remained that the payout structure […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 13, '24

The rich got richer in the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $25,500 buy-in high roller event that just wrapped up at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in South Florida. Bryn Kenney, the top ranked player on poker’s all-time money list, topped the field of 67 entries to add another $487,990 to […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 23, '24

The 2024 World Series of Poker Online, the first to support player liquidity across Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan on the new WSOP Online client, is officially in the books. There were 30 online bracelets awarded as part of the main WSOPO slate, with another eight handed out for players based in Pennsylvania. The main […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Apr 17, '24

Stephen Chidwick won the first-ever U.S. Poker Open player of the series honors when the high-stakes tournament series debuted in 2018. More than six years later, the British poker pro emerged victorious in the final event of the 2024 USPO, topping a field of 52 entries in the $25,200 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament to walk […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 16, '24

A total of 89 entries were made on day 1A of the $400,000 guaranteed Card Player Poker Tour main event at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas, adding $126,380 to the prize pool. The $1,600 buy-in tournament sports three starting flights, with 12.5% of the field making the money. In the end, 12 players advanced to […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 04, '26

The 2026 PokerGO Tour season got underway with the aptly-titled PGT Kickoff, a six-event festival that awarded double rankings points from Jan. 26-31. A total of $4.5 million in prize money was paid out across the half-dozen no-limit hold’em events on the schedule, with 745 entries made along the way. Andrew Lichtenberger ultimately captured the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 18, '26

The 2025 PokerGO Tour season was massive, with more than $443 million in total prize money awarded across 147 qualified events with approximately 31,700 total entries. The final half-dozen of those events were held inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas from Jan. 5-10. The PGT Last Chance series kept […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 04, '26

New year, new race. The points have officially been tallied for the final 2025 Card Player Player of the Year standings presented by CoinPoker, and it was another massive year on the live circuit. The top 10 finishers alone collectively accumulated more than $84 million in POY earnings. As the 2026 campaign gets underway, we […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jan 21, '26

The World Poker Tour’s season is officially in the books with the conclusion of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. All told, there were nearly 35,000 entries made across the 53-event schedule that ran from Dec. 2-22 in Sin City. That made for more than $59 million in total prize money, with nearly […]

by Paul Oresteen | Published: Dec 10, '25

During the Wild West years of the poker boom, there was a steady stream of unknowns who walked in off the street and suddenly found themselves under the bright lights of a big televised tournament. Get hot at the right time, and the constant reruns on ESPN and the Travel Channel could see you burned into […]